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WOMAN AT POINT ZERO
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| By: |
Nawal El-Saadawi |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1842778730 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781842778739 |
| Publisher: |
ZED BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
22 June, 2007 |
| Pages: |
126 |
| Description: |
Born to a peasant family in the Egyptian countryside, Firdaus suffers a childhood of cruelty. Her passion for education is ignored by her family, and on leaving school she is forced to marry a much older man. Following her escapes from violent relationships, she finally meets Sharifa who tells her that ''A man does not know a woman''s value. |
| Synopsis: |
'All the men I did get to know, every single man of them, has filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face. But because I am a woman I have never had the courage to lift my hand. And because I am a prostitute, I hid my fear under layers of make-up'. So begins Firdaus' story, leading to her grimy Cairo prison cell, where she welcomes her death sentence as a relief from her pain and suffering. Born to a peasant family in the Egyptian countryside, Firdaus suffers a childhood of cruelty and neglect. Her passion for education is ignored by her family, and on leaving school she is forced to marry a much older man. Following her escapes from violent relationships, she finally meets Sharifa who tells her that 'A man does not know a woman's value...the higher you price yourself the more he will realise what you are really worth' and leads her into a life of prostitution. Desperate and alone, she takes drastic action. |
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